Great Railroad Strike of 1877
Great Railroad Strike of 1877 is a memorial in Baltimore, Central Maryland, Maryland. Great Railroad Strike of 1877 is situated nearby to the railway station Convention Center station, as well as near Camden Yards.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Oriole Park at Camden Yards and Convention Center station.
Oriole Park at Camden Yards
Stadium
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Oriole Park at Camden Yards, commonly known as Camden Yards, is a ballpark in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is the home of Major League Baseball's Baltimore Orioles, and the first of the "retro" major league ballparks constructed during the 1990s and early 2000s. Oriole Park at Camden Yards is situated 820 feet southwest of Great Railroad Strike of 1877.
Convention Center station
Railway station
Photo: AndrewHorne, Public domain.
Convention Center station is a Baltimore Light Rail station in Baltimore, Maryland. It is located adjacent to the Baltimore Convention Center, and is also near the entrance to Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
Camden Yards
Railway station
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Camden Station, now also referred to as Camden Street Station, Camden Yards, and formally as the Transportation Center at Camden Yards, is a train station at the intersection of South Howard and West Camden Streets in Baltimore, Maryland, adjacent to Oriole Park at Camden Yards, behind the B&O Warehouse. Camden Yards is situated 470 feet south of Great Railroad Strike of 1877.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Otterbein and Ridgely’s Delight.
Otterbein
Neighborhood
Photo: Pubdog, Public domain.
Otterbein is a small neighborhood of historic rowhouses in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Otterbein is immediately southwest of, and in close walking distance to, the Inner Harbor.
Ridgely’s Delight
Neighborhood
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Ridgely's Delight is a historic residential neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Its borders are formed by Russell and Greene streets to the east, West Pratt Street to the north, and Martin Luther King Jr.
Inner Harbor
Photo: Jawed, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Inner Harbor is the heart of Baltimore, and the standard-bearer of its industrial and maritime heritage. In the 1950s, the area became an industrial wasteland and the buildings were eventually replaced with parkland for public uses and events.
Great Railroad Strike of 1877
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “The first national strike began July 16, 1877, with Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers in Martinsburg, West Virginia, and Baltimore, Maryland. It spread across the nation, halting rail traffic and closing factories in reaction to widespread worker discon”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Baltimore, Central Maryland, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.28503° or 39° 17′ 6″ northLongitude
-76.61944° or 76° 37′ 10″ westOpen location code
87F579PJ+26OpenStreetMap ID
node 12945601455OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wilkens–Robins Building and Old Otterbein United Methodist Church.
Nearby Places
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